Motorist Charged In Accident

March 8, 1986|By Michael Connelly, Staff writer

A Fort Lauderdale man who told authorities he had been drinking in a tavern on Sanibel Island was arrested on Alligator Alley on Friday after he rear- ended a car, stopped and asked its occupants whether they were OK and then got back in his vehicle and drove away, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Thomas G. Boner, 35, of the 800 block of Southwest Second Street was charged with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to use due care, FHP Lt. Jim Lee said.

Lee said that Alfred Keller, 70, and his wife, Frances, 71, of Joseph, Mo., were eastbound on Alligator Alley, about 15 miles from the Broward County line, when Boner`s Buick Opel, heading eastbound at a higher rate of speed, crashed into the back of their car about 1 p.m.